Lonesome L A Cowboy chords by Old And In The Way

tab'd by wompton


Intro:
D  A  E  A


Chorus:
     A       G    D            E
I'm just lonesome L.A. cowboy, hanging out, and hanging on
    A       G           D       E
To your window ledge, callin your name, from midnight until dawn
    D       E7       A7        D
I been smoking dope, snorting coke, trying to write a song
        A           E        A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line comes along
D        A           E     E7     A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line -ine comes along

Verse 1:
    A           E         D           A
So many pretty people in this city, and I swear, some of them are girls
              E         D            E7
I meet 'em down at Barney's Beanery, in their platform shoes and spit curls
 D         E7             A        D
I buy em drinks, we stoke our hopes, and try to make it one more night
       A        E            A
When I'm left alone at last, I feel like I'll die from crying


Chorus:
     A       G    D            E
I'm just lonesome L.A. cowboy, hanging out, and hanging on
    A       G           D       E
To your window ledge, callin your name, from midnight until dawn
    D       E7       A7        D
I been smoking dope, snorting coke, trying to write a song
        A           E        A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line comes along
D        A           E     E7     A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line -ine comes along


Instrumental:
(play chorus chords but omit last line before going to verse 2)
A  G  D  E
A  G  D  E
D  E7 A7 D
D  A  E  A


Verse 2:
    A         E        D            A
I know Kris and Rita and Marty Mull, are meeting at the Troubadour
                E         D          E7
We'll get it on with the Joy Of Cooking, while the crowd calls out for more
    D        E7        A        D
Around six o'clock this morning, I'll be gettin' kind of slow
            A          E          A
When all the shows are over, honey tell me, where do you think I go?


Chorus:
     A       G    D            E
I'm just lonesome L.A. cowboy, hanging out, and hanging on
    A       G           D       E
To your window ledge, callin your name, from midnight until dawn
    D       E7       A7        D
I been smoking dope, snorting coke, trying to write a song
        A           E        A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line comes along
D        A           E     E7     A
Forgettin' everything I know, till the next line -ine comes along


Outro:
D  A  E          E7     A